8 a.m. ET: The real fun is about to begin. The 82-game preliminary slate to determine the seedings is in the rear-view mirror, and the real tournament is about to start. Boston opens its defense of the Stanley Cup on Thursday at the Garden when the second-seeded Bruins host No. 7 Washington in Game 1 of their best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarterfinal series. The Bruins will be the favorites in this one. They're the reigning champs, with nearly their entire roster back from last spring's historic title run. They've shown it was no fluke by remaining among the elite in the...

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